Michael J. Ellis
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The Origins of the Elected Prosecutor
121 Yale. L.J. 1528. The United States is the only country in the world where voters elect prosecutors. But the American prosecutor did not start as an elected official. After the Revolutionary War, most states gave their governors, judges, or legislators the power to appoint prosecutors. Starting with Mississippi in 1832, however, states adopted new constitutions, statutes, or amendments that...
Mar 29, 2012